Mark Kirkland

Mark Kirkland

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Director Supervising director Storyboard artist
Birth date:	November 5, 1956 (1956-11-05) (age 68)
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	132
Seasons active:	Season 2 - 31
First episode:	"Dancin' Homer"
Most recent episode:	"Hail to the Teeth"

Mark Douglas Kirkland (born November 5, 1956) is an American animator and director for The Simpsons. He served as a director, storyboard artist and supervising director.

Credits

Directed by

Episode – "Dancin' Homer"

Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"

Episode – "Principal Charming"

Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"

Episode – "Homer Defined"

Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"

Episode – "Homer Alone"

Episode – "Colonel Homer"

Episode – "Kamp Krusty"

Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"

Episode – "Lisa's First Word"

Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"

Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"

Episode – "Marge on the Lam"

Episode – "Homer and Apu"

Episode – "Burns' Heir"

Episode – "Lisa's Rival"

Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"

Episode – "Fear of Flying"

Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"

Episode – "The Springfield Connection"

Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"

Episode – "Team Homer"

Episode – "A Fish Called Selma"

Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"

Episode – "The Homer They Fall"

Episode – "Mountain of Madness"

Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Mad Dog Kirkland)

Episode – "Bart Carny"

Episode – "Girly Edition"

Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind"

Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""

Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student"

Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
Episode – "Little Big Mom"
Episode – "Pygmoelian"
Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
Episode – "Simpson Safari"
Episode – "The Parent Rap"
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
Episode – "Gump Roast"
Episode – "Helter Shelter"
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little"
Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo"
Episode – "The Regina Monologues"
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"
Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding"
Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War"
Episode – "Mommie Beerest"
Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees"
Episode – "The Italian Bob"
Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa"
Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"
Episode – "That '90s Show"
Episode – "The Burns and the Bees"
Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally"
Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z""
Episode – "Postcards from the Wedge"
Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale"
Episode – "Elementary School Musical"
Episode – "Homer the Father"
Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"
Episode – "Replaceable You"
Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"
Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart"
Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys"
Episode – "Homer Goes to Prep School"
Episode – "Dark Knight Court"
Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"
Episode – "The Kid Is All Right"
Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"
Episode – "Super Franchise Me"
Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"
Episode – "Peeping Mom"
Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"
Episode – "Fatzcarraldo"
Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"
Episode – "101 Mitigations"
Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"

Notes

At the time "D'oh-in' in the Wind" was being produced, Kirkland was going through a divorce, so Matthew Nastuk took over the directorial duties for the first act.

External links

Mark Kirkland at the Internet Movie Database
Mark Kirkland at Wikipedia
Mark Kirkland at Twitter

Directors

view • talk • edit • past Current directors
Bob Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Chris Clements • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Matthew Faughnan • Lance Kramer • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • Rob Oliver • Mike Frank Polcino

view • talk • edit • past Former directors
Neil Affleck • Mike B. Anderson • Wes Archer • Carlos Baeza • Brad Bird • Kent Butterworth • Susie Dietter • Milton Gray • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kirkland • Nancy Kruse • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Jim Reardon • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • David Silverman • Ralph Sosa

view • talk • edit • past One time directors
Shaun Cashman • Sang-Yong Eom • Klay Hall • Eric Koenig • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Supervising directors
Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Second unit directors
Timothy Bailey • Oscar Cervantes • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Rob Oliver • Matthew Schofield • Shane K. Sowell

view • talk • edit • past Other directors
Bill Brown • Stephen Chiodo • Sylvain Chomet • Guillermo del Toro • Bernard Derriman • David Green • Jorge R. Gutierrez • John Harvatine IV • Garry Kitchen • Selina Mehta • Juan Meza-León • Chris Palmer • Bill Plympton • John Rice • Paul Robertson • Hal Rushton • Peter Shin • Bartek Socha • Jakob Socha • Jakub Socha • Kuba Socha • Michał Socha • Morgan Spurlock • Eric Towner

Animation directors

view • talk • edit • past Episode animation directors
Rick Bowman • Chang, Myung Nam • Utit Choomuang • Gábor Csupó • Mike Girard • B.H. Han • N. J. Kim • S.J. Kim • J.C. Park • S.J. Park • Oh Heung Seon • Nelson Shin • Eyom Hyoung Sik • Don Spencer • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Other animation directors
Sungsoo Bang • Sukgyoo Choi • Wonkyoo Gang • Jinjoon Hwang • Mija Hwang • Myung Nam Jang • Yong Seop Jeong • Young Sik Jeong • Tim Johnson • Kyung-Yun Kim • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Jihyun Lee • Youngmi Lee • Nathan Litz • Luis Liwanag • Gary McCarver • Paul Metcalfe • Matthew Nastuk • Eunok Park • Mike Frank Polcino • Chuck Sheetz • Ikhwan Yim

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

view • talk • edit • past Current storyboard artists
John Achenbach • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Bryan Francis • Eric Koenig • Ben Lane • Matt Mantel • Whitney B. Martin • Steven Dean Moore • Arlyne Ramirez • Stephen Reis • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Michael Tran

view • talk • edit • past Former storyboard artists
Brad Ableson • Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Wes Archer • Bob Arkwright • Peter Avanzino • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Brad Bird • Tim Burgard • Kent Butterworth • Barry Caldwell • Shaun Cashman • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Vic Cook • Dave Cunningham • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Ralph Eggleston • John Eng • Mark Ervin • Luis Escobar • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Steven Fonti • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Gary Graham • Lucas Gray • Klay Hall • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Jon Hooper • Mark Howard • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Mike Kazaleh • Celia Kendrick • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Grant Lee • Glen Lovell • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Steven Markowski • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Drew McPhail • Roy Meurin • Bob Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Mike Morris • Erik Moxcey • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Kevin O'Brien • Michael O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Dan Povenmire • Jim Reardon • Dexter Reed • John Rice • Jerry Richardson • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • David Salvador • David Schwartz • Swinton O. Scott III • Ira Sherak • Shane K. Sowell • Cyndi Tang • Vincenzo Trippetti • William Tucker • Adam Van Wyk • Gregg Vanzo • Jason D. Warnesky • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi

view • talk • edit • past Other storyboard artists
Dominic Bianchi • Rufino Camacho • Oscar Cervantes • Gus Cosio • Guy Davis • Manny DeGuzman • Shannon Denton • Edmund Fong • Cynthia French • Joshua David Gorczyca • Orlando Gumatay • Joe Healy • Boowan Lee • Will Lee • Mary O. Natale • Lena Podesta • Kaley Powers • Dane Romley • Stephen Sandoval • Cole Shortt • Mike Smith • Tom Smith • Aaron Sowd • Dusty Wakefield • Matt Whitlock • Jung-A Yoo

view • talk • edit • past Current storyboard revisionists
John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Whitney B. Martin • Arlyne Ramirez • Michael Tran

view • talk • edit • past Former storyboard revisionists
Brad Ableson • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Norman P. Auble • Peter Avanzino • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Oscar Cervantes • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Christianna Lang Daley • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Jeanne Erickson • Mark Ervin • Matthew Faughnan • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Lucas Gray • Ken Harsha • Colin Heck • Chris Huicochea • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Jen Kamerman • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Bryan Maille • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Drew McPhail • Bob Miller • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Morris • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Audu Paden • Howy Parkins • Dan Povenmire • Norman Quebedeau • Stephen Reis • Jerry Richardson • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Matthew Schofield • Ira Sherak • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Ethan Spaulding • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Jason D. Warnesky • JC Wegman • Celia Weiss • Glen Wuthrich

view • talk • edit • past Other storyboard revisionists
Wincat Alcala • Ivaylo Anguelov • Perfecto Badillo • Young Baek • Rob Bou-Saab • David Boudreau • Kristina Bustamante • Won Ki Cho • Louis C. Gallegos • Mike Kim • Dante Leandado • Joseph Lee • Erik Moxcey • Michael Narren • Debbie Shin • Paul Wee • Stephen Wong • Julius Wu

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard assistants
Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard consultants
Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard supervisors
Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman

Mark Kirkland

Contents

Credits

Directed by

Storyboard

Globe animation

Supervising director

Animation director

Additional storyboards

Notes

External links